APR-3E

APR-3E - Airborne Antisubmarine Missile

The APR-3E airborne antisubmarine missile is designed to engage modern and prospective submarines in any position (on sea surface, under periscope or submerged down to 800 m) at a cruising speed of up to 80 km/h.

The APR-3E missile is unified for combat use from the Tu-142/II-38 type antisubmarine warfare aircraft and Ka-28 type helicopters, etc. It can be effectively employed over splash-down water areas at least 100-m deep at Sea States up to 6 in all regions of the world ocean.

The APR-3E missile is equipped with a hydroacoustic guidance system using target data classification methods. The missile performs silent target search by scanning underwater space during gravity submersion along a spiral trajectory withoutstarting the engine. The turbo-hydrojet engine is started as soon as the target has been detected and ensures meeting the target within a minimal time (1-2 min) making it virtually impossible for the target to evade or counteract.

Delivery set

The APR-3E delivery set includes:

- one group set (1:10) of spare parts, tools and auxiliaries for preparing the missile employment;

- one group set (1:10) of spare parts, tools and auxiliaries for the missile maintenance and restoration;

- container;

- technical support equipment (the STP-3E testing equipment set);

- operational and maintenance documentation for the missile and its ground support equipment.